the road for a team long run – and then take a progress check and refine all five Paris Marathon contenders’ training plans.Read on and you, too, can take that elite expertise into this crucial stage of your spring marathon training. We reveal expertise
Hard Training Q&AsTRAINING GENERAL• Do I need to take an "easy week" when my average mileage isn’t that high? • Should you try and break through ‘the wall’ in training? • Is it just the cold weather, or am I getting fitter? • How do I overcome
mins alternating between half-marathon pace (11:00) and jog recovery pace (12:00 - 13:00) per minute Rest 20 mins easy or rest 75-80 mins slow (11:00 - 12:00) Week 3 (w/c Aug 4) Rest 10 mins warm-up, then 10 x 400m at 5K pace (sub-10:00) with 1-min
mins easy 40 mins, with the middle 20 run quicker than half-marathon pace (6:30) 30 mins easy or rest 40 mins, including 25 mins of hills or fartlek 90 mins slow (8:00) or 10K race Week 2 (w/c July 28) 30 mins easy or rest 10 mins warm-up, then 6
cool-down 60 mins easy 40 mins, including 10 mins at half-marathon pace (7:00 - 7:15) 30 mins easy or rest Heckington 10 Cross-trainingWeek 2 (w/c July 28) 30 mins easy or rest 10 mins warm-up, then 6 x 800m at 10K pace (6:30 - 7:00) with 2-min
, including 10 mins at half-marathon pace (8:00) 30 mins easy or rest 90 mins slow (9:00 - 10:00) RestWeek 2 (w/c July 28) Rest 10 mins warm-up, then 5 x 800m at 10K pace (7:45-8:00) with 2-min recoveries, then 10 mins cool-down 60 mins easy 45 mins
15 mins at half-marathon pace (10:00) Rest 30 mins easy or rest 60 mins slow (11:00 - 12:00) Week 2 (w/c July 28) Rest 10 mins warm-up, then 4 x 5 mins at 10K pace (9:00 - 9:30) with 2-min recoveries, then 10 mins cool-down Rest 45 mins steady
over 100 miles in one go appals me. I ran 50 miles last year in the Alps and had to be jolted out of a near-death experience with a shot of adrenaline. The Marathon des Sables might have been longer than the Jordan thing, but at least they made you
